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Question: Why isn't Dougray Scott a major international star?

posted 12 years ago by alouette1977
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Answer: Mission Impossible 2.

A clear example of how fate plays a part in stardom. Because he got stuck working on this over it's schedule - allegedly due to a broken limb suffered in a sequence - he was forced to withdraw playing Wolverine in the first X-Men movie, and an unknown named Hugh Jackman took his place. Jackman rocketed to super stardom, and the rest is history.

Dougray Scott should thank Tom Cruise every year with an angry prank, for screwing his career like that.

"Everyone else may be an a**hole, but I'm not!" - Harlan Ellison

[–] TMC-4 (19442) 10 months ago

How Mission: Impossible Casting Changed the Course of Marvel Movies Forever

https://collider.com/mission-impossible-2-dougray-scott-wolverine-xmen/

A 'Mission: Impossible 2' star was supposed to play a Marvel legend, but fate (and shooting schedules) intervened.

[–] xergan (872) 9 months ago

We can savely assume that Jackman would be still a teacher today without his X-Men gig, so the movie world would look very different because of this. But I am very confident that Dougray Scott wouldn't have replaced him 1:1 and this Wolverine incarnation had very likely not 8+1 movies on his belt.

[–] jk90us (5344) 7 months ago

I don't believe that. Jackman has incredible talent in several areas and he’s someone people love working with. If he hadn’t gotten Wolverine, he’d have been cast for something else prominent soon after.

[–] xergan (872) 7 months ago

He was only known as Musical Actor, but this does not mean you make a international career. I wouldn't doubt that he had got roles like the one in Kate & Leopold, but I doubt he had become a real star. The role in Swordfish he likely got also just because of the X-Men connection (Halle Berry was also in it, coincident?). But I doubt he had become any real chance as action star or got the chance for big budget movie musicals.

[–] jk90us (5344) 7 months ago

Because he’s bland and generic.